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    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Downtown property owner John Alle has hung banners from his vacant storefront on the Promenade saying Santa Monica is not safe due to crime. Serious crimes spiked locally between
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  • Trees pruned after fallen limb

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    SMDP reader Lizbeth Bell asked about a recent tree that was damaged in Palisades Park. According to the City’s Urban Forester, Matthew Wells, the limb was damaged in […]
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  • State to take over investigation of fatal Culver City police shooting

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The California Department of Justice has taken over a Culver City investigation into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed suspect. The incident occurred at about 12:16 a.m. on Dec. 18 in Culver Cit
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  • BOA is more than just a steak

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    With family gatherings upon us and visitors aplenty in town, the Daily Press is highlighting several local restaurants and talking to chefs about their approach to the holiday season. B
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  • Developer sentenced to 4 years in Federal Prison for offering a million-dollar bribe to secure a $45 million L.A. County lease

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    A real estate developer was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for offering to buy a million-dollar home for a Los Angeles County public official in exchange for […]
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  • L.A. Metro will offer free bus and train rides on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will offer free service on all Metro-operated bus and rail lines on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve to help everyone travel […]
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  • Homelessness is linked to a higher risk of death from COVID in L.A. County, study shows

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    In L.A. County, 256 homeless people died of COVID-related causes in a 22-month period — a rate more than twice that seen in the general population People experiencing homelessness in […]
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  • Skip the heat but keep the flavor at Savida

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    With family gatherings upon us and visitors aplenty in town, the Daily Press is highlighting several local restaurants and talking to chefs about their approach to the holiday season. T
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  • Wayfinding signs could point toward voter referendum

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Council has chosen a vendor for a proposed digital kiosk system but not before hearing accusations of wrongdoing from a failed bidder. City Hall has been debating the Digital Wayfinding and Out-of-Hom
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  • SMMUSD names interim superintendent, initiates search process

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board appointed Mark Kelly to the role of interim superintendent at its Dec. 15 Board meeting. Kelly has been with the district for 23 years and has ser
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  • Illusion Magic Lounge opens in former Magicopolis location

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Magic has returned to Downtown Santa Monica with the recent opening of the Illusion Magic Lounge in the location that used to be Magicopolis, following the retirement of the founders who had run the v
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  • New businesses open as year draws to a close

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Open: As 2022 comes to an end, several Santa Monica businesses celebrated new beginnings this week with grand openings and ribbon cuttings. Santa Barbara-based McConnell’s Fine Ice Cre
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  • Inflation dampens otherwise bright small biz holiday season

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Mae Anderson, AP Business Writer The free-wheeling holiday shopper of 2021, happy to spend money to relieve some pent-up pandemic demand, has given way to a more practical consumer this year, many sma
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  • Santa Monica Pickleball Center opens as sport’s popularity grows

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    Pickleball, the racket sport that has recently sky rocketed to popularity, has landed a new home base in Santa Monica. Earlier this month, the Santa Monica Tennis Center opened a new pickleball facili
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  • Happy Hanukkah, Hopefully

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    This Sunday at sundown marks the first day of Hanukkah and eight days later, on Monday at sundown the wonderful Jewish festival of lights holiday ends. Unfortunately we’re experiencing the worst anti-
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  • Hey SMMUSD, It’s Time We Rethink Our Sex-Ed

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    During sex-ed in seventh grade, a girl asked if sperm could crawl up your leg and impregnate you in that way. We all laughed while secretly waiting for the answer. Sex and sexuality have become such t
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  • City Hall to pay $1 million to settle BBB crash case

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    A motorcycle rider injured in a collision with a Big Blue Bus will receive a total of $7 million but Santa Monica will only pay $1 million.
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  • Covid surge levels off … for now

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The number of Covid cases in Los Angeles County has started to level off but officials said this week they think the region has plateaued.
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  • 1 Pico Chef hopes to make the holidays memorable with simple, fresh food

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    The Executive Chef at the 1 Pico restaurant is on a mission to help others create positive holiday memories through food.
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  • Disappointing seasons remove buzz from Rams-Packers matchup

    Santa Monica Daily Press
    This can’t be what the NFL’s schedule-makers and ESPN executives had in mind. When the league’s slate of prime-time games came out in the spring, a mid-December matchup between the Super Bowl champion
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